The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-01
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL.
ALEXANDRIA. La,

MAY 80, AOos
Pursuant to a call of the Mayor the City
Council met this day at o'clock p. M,
for the purpose of taking action on petit
ton of property tax payers asking that an
election be called to take the sense OF the
people on the question of voting to the
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad tax OF
five mills for ten years, and an additional
tax of five mills for three years to pur-
chase thirty acres of ground, to be dona-
ted to the said Louisiana and Arkansas
Railroad, on which to locate its depots,
machine and workshops.
Members present.
Thos. Crawley, Mayor,
H. S. Gossens,
+. j. Sullivan,
N. L. McGinnis,
Jacob Irving,
Jonas Rosenthal.
The following ordinance was offered by
Councilman MeGinnis-
Railroad 1a1 O,ulinance.-State Of Lon
isiana, Parish Of Rapides, City Of
Alexandria.
Whereas, the following petition signed
by one-third Of the property tax payers OF
the City of Alexandria, which said petition
is as follows, tO-wit:
Resolutions adopted at MaSs Meeting OF
Janua,y2l. 1887.
ALEXANDRIA,, La,
Jan. 81, 1887.
Resolved, That it be declared as the
sense of this meeting that the Town OF
Pineville and City of Alexandria agree
First-To vote to the Louisiana and Ar
kansas Railroad Company, its successors
or assigns five mill tax upon the assess
ed valuation Of said town and city for a
term of ten yeurs, to be paid to said COM
pany by the proper officers of said town
or city Immediately after the SAID tax is
collected.
Second-To donate or secure to said
company, its successors or assigns, the
right of way through tile Parish of Rap
ides into and through the Town of Pine
vile and into and through the City Of
Alexandria.
Third-To procure and donate to said
company, its successors or assigns, thirty
(3O) acres of land in and adjoining the
corporation limits of said City of Alexan-
dria, at such point or place as may be
determined upon by the engineers of said
company as necessary for terminal facil-
tiles; provided, however, that said COM
pany complete the construction OF their
proposed road from Brinkley, Ark, to
| Alexandria, La, OF commence the work
of construction at Alexandria or Pineville
previous to the first day of February,
1890; and provided further that if the
company, its successors or assigns, COM
mence to construct that portion of their
line proposed to run in n0rtherly direc-
ton from Pineville or Alexandria, that
the road shall ba completed from said
Pineville or Alexandria to Harrisonburg,
in Catahoula Parish, before the first pay
ment under the tax shall he made. The
right of way and said thirty acres for ter
minal facilities to be procured for the said
company, it's successors or assigns, when
ever required by said company, its success
sors or assigns. (Signed)
N. L. MCGINNIs,
L. V. MARYE,
| JULIUS LEVIN,
G. o. WATTS,
/ w. F. BLACKN1AN,
| G. w. Bolton,
+. j. BARRETT.
The above resolution is accepted on be-
half of the Louisiana and Arkansas Rail.
way Company. HARLOW NJ. HoYT,
Treasurer and General Counsel.
The Company will not ask for the right
of way and the thirty acres for terminal
facilities until ready to proceed with con-
struction. HARLOW NJ. HoYT,
Treasurer and General Counsel
Petition.
ALEXANDRIA, La,
May 8, 1887. !
| We, the undersigned, being one-third
of the property Taxpayers of the Town o.
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, State of Lou
isiana, do respectfully petition your hon
orable body to levy special tax of five
mills upon the taxable property of the
Town of Alexandria, for the period of ten
years, Which tax when collected from
time to time, rs the same are annually
collected, shall be donated and paid ovel
to the Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
1 Company, its successors or assigns, the
first payment to be made of the said tax
when the said company, its successors oil
assigns, shall have completed a good and
substantial standard guage railroad from
Pineville, on Red river, to Harrisonburg
on the Ouaclita river.
And we further petition yonr honorable,
body to levy a special tax of five mills or
the taxable property Of the Towu, fol
three years, for the purpose of purchasing
grounds for work shops, depot grounds
and other public improvements and ter
minal facilities for said railroad-and thai
said election be held in accordance with
Act No. 35 of the year 1856, and that suit
able ballots be provided inscribed respec
lively "For the Railroad Tax" ant
against the Railroad Tax"
l.. V. Marye, A. Pettengill,
NJ. A. Zimmerman, J. NJ. Hetherwick,
Jacob Geiger, Alires Roscnthal,
d. kuhnagel, Sarah Gelr,
Bertrand We'll, S. Cullen,
j. f. Pipes, Chas. Goldenberg,
/. Jackson, ID. Lehman,
John Fousan, n. l.. McGinnis,
w. 0. Dammon, j. w. Dammon,
B. We'll, Robert p. Hunter
, r. J. Bowman. C. A. Schnack,
b. +. Dulaney for NJ. Ryan,
Rebecca Dulaney, A. Albert & Son,
Laura Dnlaney, S. Schmalinski,
II. Il. Dnlaney, l.. 2. Wilmington,
J. NJ. Armstrong, e. Greenwood,
| NJ. Paul, Jr. l.. Walker,
, c. Pettengill, Julius Levin,